Arizona High School Will Stop Using Textbooks(Will Use Laptops,Online Articles Instead of Books)

aolnews.com ^ | 7 11 05

[LS]

Heheh. And that's for science class, too :)

[moog]

Will they have to wrap their laptop with brown grocery bags to protect them? ;)

We always had to buy our book covers. Paper bags weren't allowed. Actually, I think they'll have to use that "recycled" plastic stuff. :)

[moog]

probably use Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
"yes sir, even YOU can re-write history"

hehehehehe:)

[moog]

Yeah, engaged with music downloads, instant messenger, chat rooms, etc.

That's the way it is in at least some parts of England.

[moog]

My daughter attended a high school that was part of a study on the effectiveness of an "all electronic" curriculum. the whole class received computers, they read their lessons on line (teacher could track who logged in each day!), did tests on line (mult choice & T/F & fill-in-the-blank were graded instantly with results posted), and parents were given pass-words to check the daily updated teacher notes, grades, tardy/late roster; we all liked it. The issue is cost, connectivity & maintenance for lower income students. However, the advantages are great & I think it is the way of the future. Parents can log on to find out a grade for their son or daughter who attends any secondary school in my district. They don't all carry around laptops though.

There has been thought to putting the end-of-year tests all on computer, but to do it right now would be inefficient with everyone having to share one computer lab. While the tests can be done in three or four days now, in the initial pilot test, it took the school 3 MONTHS to complete the tests. There are too many other factors to go into here as well.

[moog]

Printed books have superior resolution to laptop screens.

Amen to that and people who read them have superior reading skills.

[moog]

This ignores the more important question: Will they have stickers on each laptop declaring that evolution "is a theory only.

Hehe. I love those evolution threads. They're pretty entertaining.

[moog]

that said albert einstien was still alive

You mean he isn't??? I thought he was living with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. I know for a fact that Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy were seen in the Arizona desert.

[moog]

the textbooks suck, which is one reason we wrote "A Patriot's History of the United States," but

Where do you get a copy of that???

[CheneyChick]

I know for a fact that Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy were seen in the Arizona desert.

Yeah, they were there doing that Minuteman thing a few months ago.

[TheForceOfOne]

and porno.

[scripter]

When I was in the 5th grade the class was using encyclopedias that said albert einstien was still alive.

Sheesh. Just how old are you? :-)

[moog]

this is a VERY BAD sign, as students are increasingly reading less and putting stuff on-line does NOT encourage them to read more

I agree. I do think some limited use is fine. In my school, they have to start learning typing by the third grade and get tested on it beginning if fifth I believe. BUT overdependence is wrong. I have a huge website for my students with tons of curriculum activities, but I don't emphasize it. Reading skills improve when one enjoys reading the printed word.

[caver]

Instead of the dog ate my homework, it will be the computer lost my homework.

[moog]

I know for a fact that Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy were seen in the Arizona desert. Yeah, they were there doing that Minuteman thing a few months ago.

SHHHHH, that was supposed to be a secret. Paul Revere was down there too. Actually, where are Davy Crockett and Sam Bowie when you need them?

[LS]

Larry Schweikart (LS) and Michael Allen, "A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror," (Sentinel, 2004):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1595230017/qid=1092168718/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-6996606-5008816?v=glance&s=books

We also have a website, www.patriotshistoryusa.com for home-school teachers or others using the book for instruction to homeschoolers or in the classroom.

[LS]

The reading/cricial reading skills among my freshmen in college has dropped MARKEDLY in the last 10 years---all due to the internet, I fear.

[CheneyChick]

Vegas?

[longtermmemmory]

VERY 1984.

Makes revising history on the fly so much easier.

I wonder if the blocking sofware will prevent reading about things like "God"

I wonder if Mom and Dad will have the ability to preview the materials same as a school book.

[moog]

Thanks!!! I'll get it. That kind of stuff is in our curriculum and I have been looking for a good source.